Foretold me I'll remain

My fortune is high

I've been over courted

My rakish young light

And I've kept my love's company by night and by day

But now that he's listed and gone far away

For if I were a BLACKBIRD

I'd whistle

I'd sing

And I'd follow the ship my true love sailed in

High upon this land

Must I dabble my name

Long I shall I gaze on these lily white banks

For my laws and the soldiers

Many's name told unfair

There's none in the army come equal to it

With his red rosy cheeks and his colly black eyes

His flattering tongue goes my heart to a snack

For some people's talking that I'm out of my mind

Some people said that I'm not with the child

And be talking and say what they will

When this breath in my body

I done my last will

For if I were a BLACKBIRD

I'd whistle

I'd sing

And I'd follow the ship my true love sailed in

High upon this land

Must I dabble my name

Long I shall I gaze on these lily white banks

For if I were a merchant and could handle my band

I'd write in a letter to him I would send

Your tendency they're sailing and found wind to blow

It's a deal to my true love wherever he goes

For if I were a BLACKBIRD

I'd whistle

I'd sing

And I'd follow the ship my true love sailed in

High upon this land

Must I dabble my name

Long I shall I gaze on these lily white banks